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ner, according to circumstances, provide some 

 of the different earths in separate baskets, so 

 as to be enabled to add a portion to the roots of 

 each plant, of that particular earth in which it 

 seems to thrive the best : a precaution very 

 necessary, as the transplanting these tender 

 plants from a stronger to a weaker soil, or vice 

 versa, might turn out very injurious : and yet 

 the compost recommended as the groundwork 

 for filling up the pit, is perfectly congenial to 

 the whole when they attain a strong vigorous 

 growth, at least to such as are particularly 

 adapted for conservatories, as Botany Bay 

 plants in general, Cape plants, except ? heaths 

 and Proteas, which I think do better in pots ; 

 and in short the full list of what are termed 

 green-house plants, with the above exceptions, 

 which I doubt not might be done away with by 

 allotting houses particularly to these genera. 



At all events, the plants chosen should be in 

 perfect good health, as I think the pit of a con- 

 servatory among the worst places for the pur- 

 pose of recovering a sickly one. The hole 

 should be made sufficiently large to admit, with 

 the ball of roots, any additional earth that may 

 be deemed necessary. Let the plant be turned 



